| Basket and oxygen holder on and electric scooter. Call Us Toll Free (866) 8 CARE4U 9 am - 5 PM Pacific Time (which is Toll free (866) 822-7348) Electric Scooters and Powerchairs How To’s How to properly use electric scooters and powerchairs may mean the difference between a pleasant experience and a fall. Just falling into electric scooters and powerchairs can cause serious injury. Always make sure whether you’re using electric scooters, powerchairs or power or motorized wheel chairs that the brake is set. Without the brake set electric scooters and powerchairs can easily slip out from under you. To get into either electric scooters and powerchairs, backup to the seat. If the seat is a swivel make sure that the seat is also locked. Gently bend the knees and feeling with the hands for the seat behind you lower yourself slowly and carefully into the chair. It is usually best to have a physical therapist or physical aide show you how to properly use electric scooters and powerchairs before your first use. If you know how to properly get in and out of electric scooters and powerchairs you will reduce your risk of back strain and falling. The electric scooters and powerchairs can be a wonderful means of regaining one’s independence but as with anything the electric scooters and powerchairs should be used with caution. Once a fall has occurred, increased independence will be put on hold for awhile. Always make sure that you know how to properly operate the electric scooters and powerchairs that are made available to you. Some instruction is necessary. Don’t just hop in and take off!! Also make sure that you know the necessary procedures to maintain electric scooters and powerchairs. There is nothing more annoying than getting into your electric scooters and powerchairs and not be able to go anywhere because you forgot to recharge the battery. In that case the choice that was made to provide you independence has now stranded you. Read more about electric scooters and powerchairs here: a, b, d Read more about patient wandering alarms here; a, b, c, d Read more about mechanical patient lifting devices: a, b, c, d, e | 
